Elves: Sea/Emerald
Sea elves are isolationist by both their nature and the physical location of their settlements, although they are not quite as reclusive as the wood elves. Their trust does not extend far beyond their clan and others of their kind, and their communities are very tightly-knit. Sea elves could have eye colors including turquoise, white, black, blue, green, and rarely silver. Their hair is usually thick and somewhat stringy, and some aquatic elves have a rough hair texture. It could be blue-green, emerald green, blue, black, silver, or even occasionally red. Warriors clip their hair short, but other aquatic elves wear it long and flowing. Females in particular sometimes grow their hair up to 4 feet long.
Some surface Elves refer to the Emerald Elves as Jade Elves as they feel that they are traitors to their race. Their history starts at the end of the Second Age, Godswar, when The Great Rupture happened. Many port cities of the elves were flung far and deep into the waters. Forgotten by their gods, thought to be dead, they were found by a draconic entity living deep in the Arctic Ocean (south of Archeron at that time). The cities were saved by High Magic but it wouldn't be long before they would fall under the immense pressure. The entity, calling itself the Great Jaw, called out to them, proposing a way to save them by turning them into aquatic creatures. Some cities accepted their fate and were destroyed by the ocean, while others agreed and were changed into the Emerald Elves. For many centuries, they would live deep in the ocean floor, not caring about the surface, until their savior asked them to help. During the War of the Underworld, the Sea Elves secretly helped the Drow invade the Elven Lands by destroying many ships. The Emerald Elves didn't care about their surface cousins, thus they had no problems murdering many elven sailors in that war. This conflict wouldn't subside, even in the Fourth Age, The Calamity but the frequency of attack is smaller than those made by the Drow as the Emerald Elves care only about the oceans. When the continent of Archeron shattered, the Arctic Ocean expanded north, and the race started to appear more frequently, especially those travelling through the Archeon Islands.
On Tethys
They tend to be isolationist, trying to keep to themselves. Sometimes however they would spring a member of their race, who would trade with the surface creatures, mainly in ports or on trade routes. Some Emerald Elves have sea ships but they use them as vantage or observation points. They do not have one great nation, preferring to consist of many smaller nations or large tribes scattered around the oceans' floors. It is speculated that they are fierce guardians of the Titancorpse Glacier as there might be something under it, like their savior - Great Jaw. The surface elves and the Sea elves do not like each other and their relations are almost always hostile, each for their own reasons, thus they sometimes accept mercenary work as pirates or to attack elven vessels.First World
There were no Sea Elves on the First World.
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